The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-28

our room at 10 O'Clock a - Ale dirss,
TIL about IL. My sister was b @,,u he so,s
Know who else. He had to hue ID
Allce was present part of tba utfy sss
didn't bring anything with hin uae
ne asked me for . LongfeIow y, oneds
him, and toward the latter ~. gave
gagement he brought it bac r%-' o. Ou'
IN March. He was regular ,,;a sOAe Ii.
TOUR times a week in January n tsOs
came directly to our room win ne alEse
ing of people in the house hqO6
his visits quiet. Don't rememha, % Ess
seeing him. My sister onlv to-, any %
the conversations during Lar pan
visits continued during Febrno"
times four times week. Miss mn SODA
was home then. / tried To TO- Ia DOta
secret on account of his family "1 eae
think Mr.. Lyons was present dnrn Osl
ruary. In March he was lust g IL
One week he had a severe cold o., 'suai
pointed me a couple of times NJ. urSe
come many times in April. The :" Aa
per article came out the end of Ma aes'R
might have called on him in IN
Think be wrote the order for HS
speare then. When the Queen wa 4'@
away | heard Gibson was goino - HOas
very much excited. This was a6or. Sa
before the Queen went. Mrs. Dndn;, Nee
me he had told her so. When Sna % "a
him about it he said he had onlv so;d ~.
joke, and that he was delighted -
thought so much of him. He then o
me he was not going. The only visit Ta
recall In January is that one sbou,
book. might have called twice T.
ruary don't think had any oecasio.
call on him. Yes; one Sunday afterna
[ wanted to see HIM. Don't remoa,I
what about. Didn't like to 90 with,
an excuse, so picked up "Shakesno.,.
Went down. and saw Mrs. Hayselden q.
told me he Was in the Palace. and och,
me to wait. Waited some time and left a.
book. He brought it back next morrir.
Have been to his office in all perhaps sevs
or eight times, and saw him nearly evs,,
time. l didn't go there in May. | didns
go after the Monday when sent the le4..
by the hackman. He met Mrs. Dudohm
that occasion. He inquired for her at m,
request. Brought nothing with him. O,
one occasion he brought back Longfellow,
poems. His visits were never busine,
visits. That was before the articles an.
peared. On the morning on which tbepm
pOsal of marriage was made / don't know
what took me to his house. There was No
appointment. A couple of weeks before he
had asked me to his house, and after that
| avoided him. Made an appointment to
take tea with him after that, but didn't
keep it. /, however went once. Cantae
count for that visit when the proposal was
made. Gould make it out business visit
if / chose, but don't care to. His addresses
were not unpleasant to me. always liked
Mr.. Gibson-liked to be with him. liked
him better when / was with him than when
was not with him. He said something on
that occasion about my staying with him
always and his being very lonely. When
making the proposal he asked me to be his
wife. Said had put some sunshine into
his life, and he wanted to keep me with
him, that should never know a care, and
SO forth. told him l was not surprised,
and yet l was little; pointed out the great
disparity of our ages. | don't hardly know
what words used in giving my consent
but am sure L said Yes" No definite
time was fixed for the wedding, but we
made up our minds to be married very
soon and have very quiet wedding. ALICE
returned to Maui about the 29th of March
The subject was discussed before my sister
but no one else. Perhaps Mr.. Gibson ha(
been there three or four times when he be
gan to talk in a manner which convinced
her. He was very guarded but not betOr
Alice. / told Miss Ella Dudoit about on
engagement about New Year. l told Mrs
Hoyt of it within a couple of days. Mis-
Blackwell said to me one evening: Oh
you think you are very smart. We know
Mrs. Dudoit came to me AM
said Mr.. Gibson was visiting you REGULAR.
and that you had very accommodating
little sister who sat at the window" Sh
said: 81 have known of it a long time
you need not deny it," l said: 4" If yo1
know it don't speak of it." l told Nj
Lyons, perhaps not until the article ap
peared in the newspaper. / told Mis-
Blackwell about that time. They all ha'
something to say about it. told no on
else. I never but once had any talk VIII
Mrs. Dudoit about Mr.. GibsOn's visits. l
was when L was shifting my room. Sh
said something about it not being so con
venient for his visits" l looked at ne
and asked what she meant. She said: :"
know all about it." Miss Ella came to M
one morAing and said: g You better b
careful; the prisoner knows all about MI
visit. (The prisoner was working
N the garden.) He came to me and san
you were Mr. Gibson sweetheart" san
20 her: Does your mamma know 1t?
She said: " / don't know" said Don
,ay anything about it to her." Miss Black
we'll told me Mr. Gibson had denied the en-
,agement. She said " You have plent.
If faith in Mr. Gibson, but he is denyin
BEING engaged to you" This was yer.
lirect. She had heard it from ladies VIII
lad come into the miIIiner's shop wher
he was employed.